"And as we have been in South America, I think North America has a better chance than South America -- if I'm looking on the, let's say, the logic of the turnaround of the World Cup.

"Perhaps there's a big commercial opportunity arising now in the United States because of the tremendous television audiences that are booming and that the World Cup has also encouraged in its domestic game as well. We did well with football when it first went to the United States but the opportunities are bigger now. Could you just have a look at those possibilities as to where the World Cup might travel from Qatar?"

There has been talk of a joint bid from Uruguay and Argentina to mark the centenary of the first World Cup, which was held in Uruguay in 1930 and won by the host nation.

Sepp Blatter believes the United States would make a good host for the 2026 World Cup.

And Blatter added: "Uruguay [has a] great history in the game but [is] a very small country. It is difficult for them to host a World Cup. Uruguay-Argentina together? Yeah."

Blatter also encouraged England to bid again for the World Cup, despite failing in an attempt to win enough votes for the 2018 tournament, which was awarded to Russia.

But Blatter said: "It's not important who is the president of FIFA. If England wants to have again a competition then they bid -- whoever is the president of FIFA. And they should listen a bit about what is called fair play.

"But, at least, don't forget that in football, you learn to win but also to lose. So, therefore, I appeal to all those to go back to the essence of football, and then you learn to lose. I have lost a lot of times but, if you lose, then you stay there and you try to be better. And then, stay fair, that's all.

"Fair play was invented by England, Great Britain -- the beautiful game and fair play. So let's celebrate fair play."